Following a morning of anticipation on Twitter and an increasing media flurry, Paula Deen has finally directly addressed the public following her admission earlier this week that she used very racist language.

In the 46-second scripted video (in full below), Deen apologizes for the “uh, wrong that [she’s] done.” Whereas her company blamed her racism on being old, a contrite Deen directly acknowledges that she did something wrong, and refers to the “inappropriate, hurtful language.” Then she basically begs forgiveness from America. With shades of Jason Giambi’s carefully worded steroid “apology” in 2005, Deen does not say anything about specifics (i.e., her racist comments) or address the real problems involved in the situation (racism in America). At least she didn’t shill anything.

The video:

What do you think? Do you buy it? Will you forgive Paula Deen? Discuss in the comments.

Update: The original video has been pulled, but there are copies floating around the world wide web. Here is one:

Update #2: And now there’s another video, this time nearly two minutes long and seemingly less edited and scripted. In the video, Deen offers a more extensive and natural apology. Another quote: “I want people to understand that my family and I are not the kind of people the press is wanting to say we are.” She goes on to say that what matters to her is “what’s in the heart” not race, religion or sexual preference. The new video: